by Gareth Groves
Chateau Petrogasm featured on the old Bibendum blog a long time ago but I had forgotten how good it was until recently when someone sent me a link. It reminded me that it really is one of my favourite wine blogs. I thought it would be worth plugging it again.
The concept is brilliantly simple: rather than using words to describe a wine, it uses pictures. It makes me wonder if language …
by Gareth Groves
A couple of weeks back I was happily tweeting away whilst making my annual batch of mango chutney when the lovely Kavey of the Kavey Eats blog asked if I would write the recipe as a guest post for her site. I was delighted to oblige.
These gorgeous mangoes are coming towards the end of their season but you might be …
By Denise Medrano, http://winesleuth.wordpress.com
In Italy, it’s commonplace to find enomatic machines in wine shops but the trend is still catching on here in London. There are only a few places I know of that have those machines on tap, so to speak. The Sampler in Islington and Kensington Wine Room being the two I can name off the top of my head. And now I can …
By Colin Smith, http://www.grapefan.blogspot.com/
When I started my WSET Diploma in 2006 I made a real effort to write proper tasting notes. Initially they were all handwritten but as the volumes grew I took the technology route. I tried Tasting Buddy’s application but moved over to Bottletalk when I ran out of patience with the slow speed on my handheld terminal. I then moved …
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
Wine moving out
At last! On Friday 28th May, our pallet of wine (Vinos Ambiz, Young White 2009, 100% Airén, Unfiltered) began its journey to the USA.
It took me two-and-a-half months to do it, counting from the day that importer Jose Pastor came to visit the vineyard and winery and taste the wines (on 11th March).
This …
By Tara, http://winepassionista.com/
The group of ARSEs!
On a recent Sunday in Central London a gathering of an unusual kind took place. Well, the gathering itself wasn’t strange, it was a group of wine bloggers, but the impetus that brought us together was a secret – literally! Andrew Barrow, author of the blog Spittoon, contacted us through …
By Steve Evans, http://awinemerchantslife.blogspot.com/
The team
With all the hype around 2009 Bordeaux I thought it worthwhile relooking at a few vintages from recent years to see how they’re showing. So I recently tasted with the bar team from Greens in Cornhill the following different appellation wines which they list.
Chateau Bonnet Reserve Rose 2009, Andre Luton, …
By Steve Evans, http://awinemerchantslife.blogspot.com/
Today I visited Shaka-Zulu the new South African Zulu restaurant which opens in June. Michael Clark (ex sommelier now Shaka-Zulu project manager) and I have just finalised the 100 bin all South African still wine list and I’ve had the chance to see the fit out progress at the site. This included my first real life glimpse of the £2 million worth of …
By Vinos Ambiz, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
Bottles being labelled
On Tuesday 25th May, I spent all day sticking labels onto bottles, exactly 804 labels (for the record), ie 402 front-labels and 402 back-labels. It’s our very first ever shipment abroad! Vinos Ambiz Young White, 100% Airen (not filtered, not clarified).
The following photos are a bit dark, because I …
